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MELROSE ESTATE – Various organisations and shelters came together for the launch of the research report which provides a framework for the government to pay the true costs of sheltering for abused women. After much research into the costs involved in sheltering abused women, a report providing the proposed framework

A study commissioned by the Joint Gender Fund; the National Shelter Movement and Henrich Boel Foundation last year estimated that the Department of Social Development provides only a quarter of the money needed for shelters to help women in need. This, while South Africa has a range of domestic shelters

Hlanganisa Institute for Development in South Africa (HiDSA) in partnership with Heinrich Böll Foundation and the National Shelter Movement of South Africa cordially invites members of the media to the launch of their new research report titled: “WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY DUE? Costing the Operations of Domestic Violence Shelters”. The purpose

Former South Africa’s first lady Graca Machel’s daughter Josina during an interview highlighting the scourge of gender-based violence on March 04, 2017 Image: Gallo Images / City Press / Leon Sadiki “My abuser was the one who took me to the hospital. He beat me so badly I lost my

South African Women in Dialogue honours the life and legacy of struggle stalwart Mrs. Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe, widow of Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) Founder Robert Sobukwe, who died at her home in Graaf Reinet at the age of 91, forty years after the death of her beloved husband. She was

By Khalila Abdul Da es Salaam , 23 August:The Gender and News Summit has gathered over 150 participants from the media sector, civil society and government to share learn and advocate on gender equality. Speaking to several participants at the summit many young women and men shared how this has

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Hlanganisa Institute for Development Southern Africa is an innovative intermediary grant maker aimed at strengthening social accountability, promoting human rights in pursuit of social justice in Southern Africa